Add value from Php array and increment next

Question

I have an array which holds a list of colours.

<?php $colours = array("pink", "red", "blue", "green", "yellow", "grey", "cyan"); ?>

I then have a Wordpress loop running to display posts. Is there a way that each post would have a value taken from the array and then the one after would have the other value?

For example:

First post: <div class="pink"></div>

Second post: <div class="red"></div>

Alex · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-15 10:45:23Z

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if it's a loop like this

<!-- Start the Loop. -->
 <?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

        <div class="post">


    <!-- Display the Title as a link to the Post's permalink. -->

    <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

you can simply add a counter like this

<!-- Start the Loop. -->
<?php $count = 0; ?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<div class="<?php echo $colours[$count % count($colours)]; ?>">
<?php $count++; ?>

<!-- Display the Title as a link to the Post's permalink. -->

<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>

answered May 15, 2017 at 10:45

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sunil · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-15 10:34:53Z

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<?php
foreach($colours as $color) {
?>
<div class="<?php echo $color; ?>"> </div>
<?php } ?>

answered May 15, 2017 at 10:34

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Shaun Over a year ago

Hi, this would return a list of divs with the different colours. What i need to do is for each Wordpress post to add a colour. Does that make sense? Sorry, i should've been more precise in my question.

sunil Over a year ago

for that i think you can take different varibles and put different color for odd and even post , code will be not feasible but you may achive your goals

Asif Uddin · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-15 10:43:11Z

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You can make a decision over key. Check it if odd then it will go to the 1st div else even it will go to the 2nd div. Wish it helps.

answered May 15, 2017 at 10:43

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